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Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10, K6)
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10, K6)
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Reference
Kessler, R. C., Andrews, G., Colpe, L. J., Hiripi, E., Mroczek, D. K., Normand, S. L. T., Walters, E. E., & Zaslavsky, A. M. (2002). Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress. Psychological Medicine, 32(6), 959–976. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291702006074
List of questions
| Question number | Question | Original 10-item version (K10) | Original 6-item version (K6) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel depressed ? | ✓ | |
| 2 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel so depressed that nothing could cheer you up ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel nervous ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| 4 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel so nervous that nothing could calm you down ? | ✓ | |
| 5 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel restless or fidgety ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| 6 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel so restless that you could not sit still ? | ✓ | |
| 7 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel worthless ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| 8 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel tired out for no good reason ? | ✓ | |
| 9 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel hopeless ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| 10 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel that everything was an effort ? | ✓ | ✓ |
Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets
| Version | Study | Year | Questionnaire | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2003-2005 | MCS Age 3 CAPI Questionnaire | - |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2006-2007 | MCS Age 5 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire | - |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2008-2009 | MCS Age 7 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire | - |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2012-2013 | MCS Age 11 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire | - |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2015-2016 | MCS Age 14 Parent Questionnaire 2015 | - |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2015-2016 | MCS Age 14 Self-Completion Partner Questionnaire 2015 | - |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2018-2019 | MCS Age 17 CAWI Self-Reported Parent Questionnaire 2018 | - |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2018-2019 | MCS Age 17 Young Person Self-Completion Questionnaire 2018 | - |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2020 | MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1 | MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 1 Dataset |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2020 | MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 2 | MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 2 Dataset |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2020 | MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1 | MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 1 Dataset |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2020 | MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 2 | MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 2 Dataset |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2021 | MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3 | MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 3 Dataset |
| Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2021 | MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3 | MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 3 Dataset |